Bug#872470: Fixed busy-wait loop
bw
bwtnguy at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 26 23:59:02 BST 2019
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019, Jeremy Sowden wrote:
> The package includes a patch to fix seg-faults which can occur by
> sending repeated SIGINTs or SIGTERMs. However, it does this by
> introducing a busy-wait loop which wakes the process up ten times a
> second.
>
> I've attached an updated version of it which uses a blocking select(2)
> instead.
>
> J.
>
Wow, thanks. Let me know if you need to test patches to a any of these
wm_* pkgs. Give me a sec to get up to speed and I can test any patch you
want to make. I really like all of these doodads and have some other
issues to report that might not have clear bugs, but many of the progs
need work. THANKS AGAIN!
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